powered by minor caffeine,
first 2 miles a complete breeze
next 2 miles made on willpower
dunked head in river at mile 3 -- very good idea, air temp 92 and body temp soaring
still have good speed
mile 5, first really big hill
hills suck
everything i could do to keep going
slowed down significantly after that point
had to walk about 3 times, a bit demoralizing
right knee started to really hurt at 8.5 miles
walked for 3 minutes then
finished strong running decent pace last mile
got home and almost cried
original goal: run a marathon and survive
new goal: optimize personal health condition (alchohol low, caffeine low, eating healthy, sleeping healthy) to make running a marathon easy
now am positive that willpower can get me through anything, tho that is not the pretty approach
life was saved by support crew bringing me ice cold water twice during run. may need to start running with camelbak if heat remains high.
Next: on to a 5 hour acroyoga partner session tonight! :) luckily that includes 1.5 hours of massage :)
Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possibly try just some of it throughout my daily life.
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